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Message-Id: <200911230121.40885@blacky.localdomain> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:21:40 +0300 From: "Nikita V. Youshchenko" <yoush@...msu.su> To: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru> Cc: Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Why processes on linux loses signals? > In short, processes on linux loses signals. It happens > rarely, but it happens, and the frequency of this happening > is enough to be annoying. > > ... > > The problem becomes much much worse when a system has multiple > cores... But with even second core the issue emerges almost > immediately ... Looks like a classical race description. Double-check your user-space code for signal-related races. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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